Patents by Inventor Bonnie McCaig

Bonnie McCaig has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Nematode-Resistant Transgenic Plants
    Publication number: 20140026256
    Abstract: The invention provides nematode-resistant transgenic plants and seed produced by expression of polynucleotides encoding certain plant polypeptides. The invention also provides methods of producing soybean cyst nematode-resistant transgenic plants in which those plant polynucleotides are expressed and expression vectors for use in such methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Bonnie McCaig, Aaron Wiig, Steven Hill
  • Plant root-specific nematode resistance
    Patent number: 8536404
    Abstract: The invention provides expression vectors comprising root-specific promoters in operative association with polynucleotides that are down-regulated in syncytia of nematode-infected plants, for use in methods of producing transgenic plants with increased resistance to nematode infestation. The invention also provides nematode-resistant transgenic plants and seeds comprising such expression vectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventor: Bonnie McCaig
  • NEMATODE-RESISTANT TRANSGENIC PLANTS
    Publication number: 20120084882
    Abstract: The present invention provides expression vectors encoding double stranded RNAs that target certain plant genes required for maintenance of parasitic nematode infection, nematode-resistant transgenic plants that express such double-stranded RNAs, and methods associated therewith. The targeted plant gene is a GLABRA-like gene, a homeodomain-like gene, a trehalose-6-phosphate phosphatase-like gene, an unknown gene having at least 80% homology to SEQ ID NO:16, a ringH2 finger-like gene, a zinc finger-like gene, or a MIOX-like gene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: BASF Plant Science Company GmbH
    Inventors: Aaron Wiig, Bonnie McCaig
  • Plant Root-Specific Nematode Resistance
    Publication number: 20110247096
    Abstract: The invention provides expression vectors comprising root-specific promoters in operative association with polynucleotides that are down-regulated in syncytia of nematode-infected plants, for use in methods of producing transgenic plants with increased resistance to nematode infestation. The invention also provides nematode-resistant transgenic plants and seeds comprising such expression vectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventor: Bonnie McCaig
  • Compositions and Methods of Using RNA Interference for Control of Nematodes
    Publication number: 20110047645
    Abstract: The present invention provides double stranded RNA compositions and transgenic plants capable of inhibiting expression of essential genes in parasitic nematodes, and methods associated therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Shawn Motyka, Bonnie McCaig, Peifeng Ron, John McMillan, Lawrence Talton